Getting started

so, here I am doing something i swore i would never do, blogging.  i'm not sure how well i will keep this up,  but my friend said to me today that i need to start a blog about being a green mom.  i'm sure there are quite a few of these out there, but here i am giving it a shot! i will try my best to post all the tips, products, etc that i have come across and use as a mom in order to provide the healthiest environment for my family for years and years to come.

my daughter is a little fish.  she LOVES the water and started swimming underwater, holding her breath at 7 months, which i thought was pretty impressive.  introducing your kids to the water at a really young age is SO good for them!  The beach, or salt water pools are definitely the best places, but I know not everyone has access to those.  my daughter has blonde hair, and every time we swim in anything with chlorine (yuck), we immediately take a bath with california baby lavender soap... not a single green hair and it's almost september!!

http://californiababy.com/calming-shampoo-bodywash-17-5-oz.html
 

i'm not sure how this link will come out yet, but i swear, this stuff is the best, and it's made from organic ingredients, with a recyclable bottle made from a large percentage post consumer recycled plastic.  I lived in San Diego for 5 1/2 years and totally took for granted co-ops like peoples in OB.  but now that I'm back on the East coast... i really really miss it!!  you could just go in there and pay to refill your bottle.  i def. used to think everyone that went there was a hippy... little did i know i would rank among them one day :)

anyway- helping your kiddo learn to hold his/her breath is super easy... count to 3 with them, then blow in her face, then dunk.  works like a charm!  introducing kids to nature early is key to them learning to appreciate it and protect it later in life.

Coming up next.... green home remodels... a lot more challenging then you'd think!!